Swift's last online message -- minus a Throwback Thursday post last week for Selena Gomez's birthday -- was her pointed note responding to Kardashian fanning the flames over the "Famous" fallout by releasing video of West's phone call with Swift during which she seemed to approve of the song.

The ensuing backlash has apparently kept her off social media, but a combination of factors this week made it impossible for her to stay quiet.

First, Instagram introduced a new "stories" feature remarkable similar to Snapchat. Then, one of Swift's cats -- the one named Olivia Benson, after the "Law & Order: SVU" character -- did something adorable.